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Chinese actor Wang Yibo stalked by obsessed fans who placed tracking device on his car, Beijing police say after arrests
- Two fans of actor and singer Wang Yibo have been arrested after boasting online about placing a tracker on his car
- Wang has been followed using a tracking device before, he revealed in 2020
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Police in China have arrested two fans who stalked a famous actor by placing a tracking device on a rented car he was using, Beijing police revealed on Saturday.
Two fans of Chinese actor Wang Yibo used the illegal tracking device to follow him around Beijing and monitor his daily itinerary.
The pair, identified by their surnames Li and Zhang, also sold information about the actor’s movements and locations to other obsessed fans.
It was also fans of the 23-year-old actor who reported the stalkers to police after they bragged about their activities in social media posts, reported the Global Times.
Wang first found fame as a member of the Chinese boy band Uniq, before embarking on a solo singing career and branching into acting. He is best known for his work on the television shows Gank Your Heart, The Untamed, and Legend of Fei.
While South Korea has long had issues with celebrity fans taking things too far, it is a more recent phenomenon in China as Chinese cinema and television shows have become more popular, and the people involved more famous.
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